The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-04
A RHETORICAL WINDMILL
CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS TO VOL
VERHAMPTON WORKMEN.

Tladstonian Doctrines Denounced
Savage Attack on the Governments
Extravaganza and Lack of System
Ridicules the. English Army and
Navy and Disputes Gen. Wellesley.
LONDON, June 3.-Lord Randolph
Churchill was enthusiastically received by
the Wolverhampton workmen's clubs to-
night. Responding to an address, he said
he believed that the sources of the revenue
could be so managed as to satisfy the fair
trader without driving into despair the free
trader The true remedy for the trade de-
preston, he said, was economy in public
expenditures. Workers must not allow
Ireland to absorb all their attention. They
must bring pressure upon the government
to prevent such extravaganceS as the spend
ing of e1 ,000,0 on new war and admiralty
buildings and 917, 600 for decorating West
minister Abbey in honor of the Queens
jubilee.
STRONG MEASURES RECOMMENDED.
Lord Churchill advised the Unionists to
make solid stand and show Gladstone that
they were equally determined as himself in
the matter of the Irish. He was gratified to
believe in the power of the government to
pleased. The government had been vely
patient, but limit had been reached, and
when Parliament reassembled strong meas
ures ought to be adopted to prevent the
crimes bill from being amended.
Returning to the question of economy, he
warmly opposed Lord Wolseley's army
statements and quoted statistics showing
that the present expenditures for the de-
fense of the country were 95,000,0 900 more
than Disraeli considered necessary in 1875.
He would remark, however, that the effec-
tive strength has not increased in the same
ratio" He contrasted the expenditures of
England on her army and navy with those
Of France and Germany, and contended that
"the armies and navies of the two latter
countries were in a much better condition
and for less cost" He condemned the ex-
penditures of these twenty five departments,
which" he said, "had gone on increasing
for the last twelve years without anything
practical to show for them.
PARLIAMENT NEEDS A CHECK.
'Unless the people took the matter up
and put pressure upon Parliament to
economiZe, dire results would follow, as
under the present system the country
was travelling at a racing speed along the
road to utter and irretrievable RUM Lord
Churchill said that in the event of war
England might, after maddening DELAY,
10000 men in the field. Doubtless, England
had a very powerful feet on paper, but
not a single fortress of strategic
Importance throughout the empire
was properly armed. Indeed, many were
entirely unarn1ed and unprovisioned For
instance. Malta was not provisioned to
support the garrison for three weeks. There
was not single heavy gun in reserve, and
there was no reserve whatever of heavy
projectiles. Every department of the mill
tary and naval service was supplied with
defective weapons, despite the vast expendi-
lures of the war and navy departments
There was not at home the facilities for the
land transportation of 10000 men,"
Lord Churchill then related several anec-
dotes to Illustrate the truth of his state
ment. After the bombardment of Alexan-
dria the ironclads Sultan and Alexandria
had not ten rounds of heavy shell left. and
without reserve at Malta they would have
been entirely at the mercy Of the French
feet
In 1884 the Ordnance Committee designed
some 43-ton guns and asked the Armstlongs
to construct fifteen of them. The Arm
strongs protested that the design was
bad, but they were told to mind
their own business and make the guns, when
they were made. Capt. Noble refused to
send them to sea, saying they would burst
He also was told to mind his own business
-Four OF the guns We're put aboard the Col
llngwoOd. On the second round, firing a
half charge, one of them burst The whole
were then condemned at a loss of 9200, 900
Worst of all. if there was a war, four of the
guns were still held in reserve for the Col
hngwood.
A BAD SYSTEM.
Lord Churchill then made numerous
other revelations of the inefficiency in the
designs for the new vessels for the fleet He
said: Perhaps you understand the sort of
system of expending the public money
against which l dashed myself and
Atterly refused to be connected
with. 1t is system which
deeply regret to say, the Premier and Sec
retaries of the army and navy being badly
advised, have banded themselves together
TO support. | rather pity than blame them
only want to show a sort of humbug
which the official ring thinks good enough
Tor public consumption"